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प्रश्न
A light ray suffers reflection and refraction at the boundary in passing from air to water. Draw a neat labelled ray diagram to show it.
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उत्तर
Air is a rarer medium, while water is denser than air. Therefore, when a light ray travels from air to water, it will bend towards the normal.
Refraction from rarer to denser medium
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Select the correct alternative
The speed of light is maximum in
A light ray passes from water to
- air, and
- glass.
In each case, state how does the speed of light change.
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Higher Order Thinking Skill.
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Define opaque material.
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- The bending of light is more and
- speed of light is more.
Higher-Order Thinking Skills:
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